Reference number
  • S/005/04/05
Level
  • Series
Date(s)
  • 1975 - 1986
Extent and medium
  • 82 files
Description
  • ┆Correspondence and associated papers relating to grants allocated by The Football Trust under the following purposes, as set out in the background paper published by the Football Trust 'A Major Initiative in Support of Football' (S/005/04/01/004): (1) League club grounds - safety and improvements (2) Football and the Community schemes (3) Aid to the grass roots: (a) Local authorities (b) Playing fields societies (c) Hard surface play areas (d) Special grants to areas of special need and social deprivation (e) Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (f) Non-League clubs (4) International grounds (5) Anti-hooliganism measures (6) Other activities
Administrative history
  • ┆Many grants to League club football grounds were issued by the Football Grounds Improvement Trust (FGIT) from 1975, before the Football Trust (FT) was set up in 1979 with a wider remit to give grants also to non-league clubs and grass roots schemes. For FIGIT grants to league clubs 1975 - 1980 please see series S/005/03/04.
Access status
  • Open